I had to give up reading in bed for a long time. I have trouble with sleep paralysis and falling asleep reading seemed to aggravate it. Lately, I have found that as long as I monitor myself, I can go back to reclining on the pillows and enjoying a few chapters before bed. “We read in bed because reading is… Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How… Read more
This is a book that delivered exactly what I was hoping for! Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household is full of details about living at the palace with the Queen, her husband and children. I really learned a lot about life in the royal household – the sort of interesting little details that aren’t salacious enough for the Daily Mail. Did… Read more
Happy Wednesday — it’s time for some new words! You know how this works – share a few words from your current book that you had to look up, then head over to Bermuda Onion’s Weblog to learn some new ones. This week, my words are from Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household by Kate Hubbard, a really interesting book… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my Teaser is from… Read more
This one is interesting to me – I don’t know that I can pin a major change to a single book. It’s more the accumulation of readings that help me set a path. How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. – Heanry David Thoreau Read more
Saturday Snapshot is hosted by West Metro Mommy. To participate, post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post in the Mister Linky. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! My teaser this week comes from Mending… Read more
This is a simple, profound state that expresses my opinion so exactly! “We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.” – B. F. Skinner Read more
And to prove it, here’s Amy Adams on the set of her new movie, Big Eyes. Can you guess what she’s reading It took some zooming and some Googling, but it’s The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. Read more